Subalpine

Martigny, Octodure middle school, exterior design concept

Architects : les ateliers du passage

Landscape architect : Cécile Presset

Pictures : Michel Bonvin


In the Alps, the subalpine climate defines the altitude zone where trees and plants stop growing and give way to the mineral world.

This exterior design concept illustrates the duality between the plant and mineral worlds within the subalpine environment.